Is Amazon a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineering?

Software Development Engineering professionals working at Amazon have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 6,775 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Amazon employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineering Jobs at Amazon now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineering interview questions at Amazon .

Does Amazon pay Software Development Engineering employees well?

Software Development Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Amazon with 4.0 out of 5 stars based on 6,775 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineering salaries at Amazon.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amazon?

Warehouse Associate (11103) , Warehouse Worker (6903) , Associate (6204) , Software Engineer (6132) , Area Manager (5673) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (3495) , Fulfillment Associate (3404) , Software Development Engineer (3166) , Customer Service Representative (3040) , Program Manager (2471) , Operations Manager (2290) , Customer Service Associate (2213) , Sortation Associate (1862) , Manager (1455) , Process Assistant (1421)

What are the pros of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good but not worth the asks made from IT and how they are treated" ((in 19452 reviews)); "good benefits you have to get good benefits because everything else at amazon is terrible!!" ((in 13145 reviews)); "A lot of information that is useful and great people to go to when you need something" ((in 7763 reviews)); "It's a very huge company all around the world and it keeps satisfying its employees with a good salary." ((in 5794 reviews)); "The work culture is good and I never felt that I was new in the company" ((in 4820 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amazon according to real employee reviews?

"You do work bloody hard and very long hours so there is no work life balance" ((in 10048 reviews)); "You work long hours and not as many breaks as you would like or need at times" ((in 7074 reviews)); "Bad management always yelling at employees the turn around ratio of hiring and letting people go is really awful." ((in 6656 reviews)); "There are also bad managers that are rude and do not care about the feelings of their associates." ((in 5170 reviews)); "The company advertises peak season as the long hours and hard push but it really happens routinely throughout the year." ((in 2418 reviews))

Amazon Software Development Engineering reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,775 total reviews)

Andrew Jassy

40% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineering employees have rated Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,775 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Amazon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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7K reviews

3.0

Jan 10, 2011

Fast agile place for workaholics

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Aggresive, fast and agile work environment. Metrics driven technology. Good software infrastructure.

Cons

Poor work life balance. Heavy load of operational work (on-call duty over weekends).

5.0

Dec 28, 2010

Controlled Chaos -- And I Love It

Software development engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazon still totally feels like a startup. There's way too much work, way too few people, and endless opportunities to improve things and make a difference. Fortunately the management is good at understanding that they need to balance projects as well as people, so you're never going to be forced into overtime you don't want to do. Working here is a total blast, the pay is good, and the people are awesome.

Cons

The chaos can be a bit confusing if you don't enjoy working in that type of environment. It's a very fast paced place, and you have to understand how to balance competing demands for your time and make judgment calls for yourself on what your time is best spent on.

3.0

Dec 19, 2010

Strong technical growth opportunities

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very smart people, lot of opportunities to learn from peers.

Cons

Slower growth ladder for technical folks.

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